Three Indians will feature in the semi-finals of the French Open Super Series badminton tournament after Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy and P V Sindhu won their quarter-final matches in Paris on Friday.
The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the French Open men's doubles event after losing to French duo of Marc Gicquel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the opening round in Paris on Thursday.
India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal played her heart out but went down to Xuerui Li of China 18-21, 29-30 at the French Open Super Series in Paris on Thursday.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Roger Federer will make his only appearance on clay this season at Roland Garros, his agent said. The Swiss skipped the entire claycourt season in 2017 and 2018 and last year played only two tournaments on the surface before arriving in Paris for the French Open.
'It's as beautiful as his tennis', Carlos Alcaraz reveals how Roger Federer's stylish golf swing impressed him during a friendly round in Melbourne at the Australian Open.
Prakash Amritraj yet again failed to make the main the draw of a Grand Slam event when he crashed out of the French Open qualifiers, losing in the first round to Brazilian Joano Souza in Paris on Tuesday.
Images from Day 12 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
A quick look at Rafael Nadal's domination of Roger Federer at Roland Garros.
World champion D Gukesh stayed in the hunt with a clinical endgame win in Round 10 of the Tata Steel Masters, while Arjun Erigaisi slipped to another defeat and slid down the standings at Wijk Aan Zee.
Two-time Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka crashed out of the French Open in the first round losing 5-7, 5-7 to Katerina Siniakova on Monday, playing only her fifth tournament of the year after a legal battle over the custody of her son.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi's French Open campaign was cut short in the second round following a straight-set defeat against local pair of Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra in Paris on Sunday.
American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova claimed their third consecutive grand slam doubles title with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 victory over Australian duo Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua at the French Open on Sunday.
Images from Day 11 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer believes that Rafael Nadal is still the favourite to win the French Open next month despite the Spaniard's recent struggles to regain form.
She remained philosophical in defeat, however, saying that her expectations coming into the tournament had not been high.
India's Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza have been handed tough draws in their respective singles at the French Open, starting Sunday. Somdev will face Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, while Sania has been drawn against Kristina Barrois of Germany.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
French Tennis Federation (FFT) said the start was delayed due to security officials neutralising a vehicle illegally parked outside the stadium.
Serena Williams faces her first seeded opponent at the French Open on Thursday and will hope to use her booming serve to beat Australian Ashleigh Barty in the second round.
IMAGES from matches on Day 10 at the French Open at Roland Garros
Newly crowned French Open champion Maria Sharapova took her Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen trophy to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.
Sania Mirza beat Germany's Kristina Barrois 6-3, 6-3 in her first round match at the French Open 2011.
Rafael Nadal is hunting a record-extending and almost unbelievable 12th Roland Garros title is remarkable in itself.
The Smithsonian will return three ancient bronze sculptures to India after evidence showed they were illegally removed from Tamil Nadu temples in the 1950s
The left-handed Prajnesh, ranked 183, lost 3-6, 4-6 in the third and final round against the Swede, ranked 122 in the world.
Wawrinka splits with long-time coach Norman
A tennis racket stuffed with electronic sensors capable of tracking a player's every slice, spin and smash made its public debut at the French Open on Thursday.
The 41-year-old Bopanna, ranked 40 in the world, is not defending any points this year at the Roland Garros.
'I'm not 24 anymore so things have to change in a big way and I probably won't play any clay court events except the French. I need a rest, my body needs healing. I need time to prepare'
Reigning champion Ash Barty will not play at the French Open later this month because of health concerns and a lack of preparation, the world number one said.
The 2010 French Open poster is the creation of a Pakistani-born Indian artist Nalini Malani. Her design, portrays a woman tennis player, stretching across two globes while playing a shot.
Images from Day 7 of the 2019 French Open in Paris on Saturday.
Factbox on Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who beat Romania's Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 to win the French Open on Saturday and claim her first grand slam title:
Laver Cup organisers say the exhibition event will go ahead in September as planned despite the French Open moving to the same dates as the implications of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)'s shock gambit began to reverberate on Wednesday. The September 25-27 Laver Cup, an exhibition event co-created by Roger Federer which has always featured the Swiss great and one of Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Novak Djokovic enjoyed success at his own tennis centre when he won the Belgrade Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Slovakian Alex Molcan in Saturday's final.
London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler, Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory over Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai at the French Open Super Series in Paris on Thursday and stayed on course for her second successive title after Denmark Open triumph last week.
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